New recipe, August 20, 2023

Sweet and Sour Eggplant with Garlic Chips from NYT Cooking. Eggplant from our garden. Simple recipe but very good. It gets a 4.

New recipes, August 18, 2023

Chilled Zucchini Soup with Lemon and Basil from NYT Cooking, Beef Poke from Food and Wine, and Jacque Pepin's Favorite Poundcake (with diced Colorado peaches). The soup and poke are extraordinary and get 5s. The cake is very tasty but seemed a bit dry. There wasn't an altitude adjustment which could be the issue. We give it a 3.

New recipe, August 18, 2023

Bottled Manhattan from Food and Wine. This is a Manhattan, and is a good way of delivering the cocktail in bulk, do you don't have to make each glass on the spot. This gets a 4.

New recipe, August 17, 2023

Prizefighter No. 1 from Epicurious. This is a mild drink with lots of flavor. We give this a 4.

New recipe, August 16, 2023

Smashed Cucumber, Avocado and Shrimp Salad from NYT Cooking. Delicious, it gets a 5. The avocado contributes its own flavor and becomes part of the dressing giving it an unctuous quality. Yum!

New recipe, August 15, 2023

Slow Cooker Corn Chowder from NYT Cooking. We were pleasantly surprised at how good this was—it gets a 4. We found the slow cooker function on an Instant Pot, at least on low, didn't result in it being finished as fast as expected

New recipes, August 14, 2023

Bratwurst with Mustardy Fried Potatoes and Citrus Spiced Red Cabbage, both from Food and Wine. These both have great flavors, though the cabbage was a bit salty. Overall, we give both a 4.